josephwatson

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ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE media John Carpenter voyeurism film mashup horror cinema Curator's Note On a recent visit to the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema Archives, I screened much of Carpenter’s student work. The most recent restora ...

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Thank you for this post! I think Carpenter has been too modest in discussing his talents as a composer and musician. Clearly his music professor father had a huge influence particularly in music theory. I especially appreciated your attention to the del ...

I appreciate this piece so much. The train scene and how it connects us to a conception of the mechanical nature of Michael is a fantastic insight! I kept thinking of the scene in Super 8 when the kids are setting up the scene for their zombie film and th ...